India's largest domestic carrier, Jet Airways Ltd, has leased five additional aircrafts for its domestic and international operations, and expects to launch services to London in May, the company said. Jet has leased three Airbus A340-300s from South African Airways for its international operations and two B737-700s from GE Commercial Aviation for its domestic services, the company told the Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday. Jet proposes to spend $400 million over the next 24-30 months on 17 Boeing B737-800 or B737-900 planes - of which it will buy 10 and lease seven -- to add to its fleet of 42 planes.
Bombay-based Jet, which launched services to Singapore earlier this month, said it would commence operations to London on May 23. It is also expected to begin flying to Kuala Lumpur.
Britain and India agreed earlier this month to more than double flights on existing routes between the two countries.
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